Discussion Questions
- Describe the nature of Nixon’s and Kissinger’s relationship during their time together running American foreign policy, 1969-1974.
- How would you assess detente and the use of concepts like sufficiency and linkage as a strategy of containment?
Vietnam Timeline
- 1954 // Fall of Dien Bien Phu
- 1963 // Assassination of Diem
- 1964 // Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- 1965-68 // Escalation & anti-war protests
- 1968 // Tet Offensive
- 1970 // Invasion of Cambodia and Kent State protests
- 1971 // Pentagon Papers & trial of Lt. William Calley (My Lai)
- 1972 // China opening, Easter offensive, Detente (SALT / ABM)
- 1973 // Paris peace accords (Vietnam agreement)
- 1975 // Fall of Saigon
Why were Dickinson students protesting US foreign policy outside of Denny Hall in May 1970?